Meditation Nine - The Choice of Paradise (reflection 4)
"Jesus Christ looks down from Heaven in love upon you, and calls you tenderly. Come, O my beloved, come to eternal rest within My loving arms, which are waiting for thee with immortal pleasures and unfailing love. Behold with thy spiritual sight the Blessed Virgin watching thee with a mother's love. Be brave, my daughter, despise not the longings of my Son, nor the sighs which I pour out for thee, desiring thing eternal salvation. Behold the Saints warning thee, and millions of holy spirits watching thee, desiring ardently that thou mayst join them in praising God forever, and pleading that the heavenward path is not so difficult as the world would fain make thee believe. Be of good courage, they repeat: whoever will consider the pathway of devotion, by which we have arrived here, will see that we attained this happiness through a sweetness far greater than any the world can give."
- St. Francis de Sales An Introduction to the Devout Life
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